COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FIELD ELECTIVE VII (SECONDARY EDUCATION CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT PRACTICES)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 4207 FIELD ELECTIVE VII (SECONDARY EDUCATION CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT PRACTICES) ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Chemistry Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MELIS ARZU UYULGAN

Offered to

Chemistry Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to make pre-service teachers competent in the planning, implementation and interpretation of experiments in chemistry courses at the secondary education (9th-12th grade) level in accordance with scientific principles. It is aimed to develop students' ability to conduct chemistry experiments safely, to evaluate experimental processes pedagogically and to teach concepts through experiments.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Plans and applies the experiments in the secondary chemistry curriculum within the framework of the scientific method.
2   Explains the use of experiments for pedagogical purposes (concept teaching, elimination of misconceptions).
3   Defines the errors that may arise in experiments and suggests solutions.
4   Creates student-centred teaching designs through experiments at secondary education level.
5   Uses critical thinking, problem solving and co-operation skills effectively in the experiment process.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course Introduction and Student Information
2 Introduction to laboratory safety and rules
3 Laboratory teaching methods
4 Verification-experiments
5 Closed-ended-open-ended experiments
6 Experiments that develop scientific process skills
7 Designing and reporting an experiment sheet
8 Midterm
9 Micro Scale Experiments
10 Examination and Application of 9th Grade Experiments
11 Examination and Application of 10th Grade Experiments
12 Examination and Application of 11th Grade Experiments
13 Examination and Application of 12th Grade Experiments
14 Original Experiment Design and Scenario Development Studies
15 Original Experiment Design and Scenario Development Studies
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Main source: MEB Ortaöğretim Kimya Ders Kitapları
Supplementary source: Güncel Genel Kimya Laboratuvarı / Doç. Dr. Zekeriyya Bahadır
Çocuklar Için Kimya Deneyleri 39 Basit Kimya Deneyi, Yayınevi: Pan Yayıncılık

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Research, presentation, experiment, discussion, question-answer, group work, homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE Midterm Exam
2 DTK Other Activity
3 FN Semester final exam
4 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Make- up note
6 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam, assignment, group activity and final exam grades determine the student's course success grade.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

- Attendance to 70% of the courses is compulsory. It is the student's responsibility to attend 70% of the courses during the semester.
- The lecturer reserves the right to make various applications through individual or co-operative learning within the planned education and training process. The effect of the practices on the evaluation process is announced to the students at the beginning of the academic year.
- Unethical behaviours that may occur in courses and exams are handled within the framework of the relevant regulations.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail: melis.cekci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

This will be announced at the beginning of the term.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 96

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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